Today in Terry Bowden being bored

[exit322]

Apparently Terry got bored.  This summer he'll be coaching Monroe (LA) in The Arena League, a 7-on-7 indoor football league.  

 

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18ovTiBYFU/

[kreed5120]

11 hours ago, exit322 said:

Apparently Terry got bored.  This summer he'll be coaching Monroe (LA) in The Arena League, a 7-on-7 indoor football league.  

 

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18ovTiBYFU/

 

It's a step up I suppose from his unpaid internship at Clemson

[exit322]

1 hour ago, kreed5120 said:

 

It's a step up I suppose from his unpaid internship at Clemson

 

In the world of indoor football, the TAL has been pretty stable, and it's a 9-week 8-game (regular season) commitment with probably a 2-3 week training camp beforehand.  It's not a huge time commitment as coaching goes, and frankly he probably can get a few guys who stayed around ULM after he coached there (in addition to whatever else they conjure up).  As the season goes from May 30 - July 25 (with two weeks for playoffs IIRC), it wouldn't interfere with whatever HS stuff Terry's doing.

I believe it's an 18-man roster with 7v7 and no kicking.  As coaching jobs go, it's probably not going to be real stressful for him.

[zippy5]

Is that zipsoutsiders music?

[exit322]

10 minutes ago, zippy5 said:

Is that zipsoutsiders music?

I'm missing the reference here, sorry

[kreed5120]

1 hour ago, exit322 said:

I'm missing the reference here, sorry

 

I think it was before your time here, but he spent years obsessing over Bowden's departure. Rumor has it these days he's president of the Terry Bowden fan club.

Edited April 3 by kreed5120

[exit322]

6 minutes ago, kreed5120 said:

 

I think it was before your time here, but he spent years obsessing over Bowden's departure. Rumor has it these days he's president of the Terry Bowden fan club.

 

Ah thank you.

 

Something tells me he's not gonna be watching the TAL games on Youtube this summer...but you never know.

[kreed5120]

12 minutes ago, exit322 said:

 

Ah thank you.

 

Something tells me he's not gonna be watching the TAL games on Youtube this summer...but you never know.

 

He probably has already bought 50 yard line tickets.

[exit322]

1 hour ago, kreed5120 said:

 

He probably has already bought 50 yard line tickets.

 

***25 - Indoor field's only 50 yards

Kidding aside the TAL has had reasonably OK indoor football attendance in their two years.  Some teams better than others, but good attendance for what is a reasonably low-budget operation (even by indoor football standards).  Given a name like Terry Bowden (even if he doesn't take it seriously), I'd expect Monroe to be in that "better than others" category.

[kreed5120]

2 minutes ago, exit322 said:

 

***25 - Indoor field's only 50 yards

Kidding aside the TAL has had reasonably OK indoor football attendance in their two years.  Some teams better than others, but good attendance for what is a reasonably low-budget operation (even by indoor football standards).  Given a name like Terry Bowden (even if he doesn't take it seriously), I'd expect Monroe to be in that "better than others" category.

Touché

[Zip JD]

On 4/3/2026 at 12:56 PM, kreed5120 said:

 

I think it was before your time here, but he spent years obsessing over Bowden's departure. Rumor has it these days he's president of the Terry Bowden fan club.

Zipsoustider would go on to become the  de facto Warhawksinsider and will go to his grave lamenting Bowden getting fired by both schools.  It was so bad some thought it was his brother Jeff running the account.  By some, I mean me.  

[exit322]

Bowden's Greenheads kick off on Saturday in Iowa.  In their first two TAL seasons, the Iowa Woo (yes, Woo) have gone 2-8 and 4-5 (including playoffs), so probably an average opponent to see what's what for the expansion team.  Almost assuredly, I'll be the only one here taking a peek haha (but that's more because I've followed indoor football for 26 years now).  They've done a...reasonably poor job...of getting roster information out, but Monroe's defensive coordinator is a guy (James Shiver) who's been involved in indoor football coaching on and off since 2001.  So, Bowden will at least have coaches that have worked with the walls before.

 

Though Shiver was always an offensive coach indoors, but whatever.

 

With the caveat that Iowa hasn't always produced stellar broadcasts, the game can be seen on YouTube on the TAL channel.  Link below (though I think they embed on here)

 

 

 

Edited Wednesday at 09:07 PM by exit322

[Blue & Gold]

Props to him not just sipping martinis from the balcony of his beachfront condo like I probably would.

[exit322]

Delay early in the second because Bowden got clobbered on a deep ball interception (one coach is on the field for both teams in the indoor game)
 

Bowden getting stretchered, though he isn't happy about it.  Probably testing for a concussion.  Also he's 70 and was the only one in the play that didn't have pads and such.

 

So...that went well

 

In a little better news for his team, the Greenheads seem to have a pretty good downfield passing game in the early going.  24-20 Monroe with about 1:45 left in the first half.

Edited 5 hours ago by exit322

[exit322]

24-20 at half

 

Monroe 0/4 on two point tries so far or it could have been a bigger lead

[exit322]

Bowden did return for the second half, but he's staying on the sideline

[exit322]

You can watch the halftime on that link above, somehow the Iowa Woo got Red Panda for halftime.

 

Greenheads up 38-34 early fourth (1/6 on two point PATs now)

[exit322]

Bowden - who let the assistants coach on the field in the second half - starts 1-0 with a 44-34 win in Iowa.

With everyone on their first game of the year, hard to tell who's any good or not, but better to start with a win than a loss.  Offense was good downfield, but anything short or running was a little iffy.  Pretty good defense, 3 or 4 interceptions.  Stats a little lacking, hopefully the league at least gets them out there.